***If you had trouble downloading the charts yesterday, try again, I uploaded them directly to this page*** Note the Copic chart is at the bottom of this web page****
Howdy folks! The other day I went over to the Copic marker website and downloaded their hand color chart. At first I thought it was silly to print a blank chart and color it in my self (why not just keep the full color chart from their catalog) but then I realized if I colored my own then it would only have the colors I owned and the colors would be EXACT unlike the colors in the printed color chart and the color on the marker ends. I love it so much I decided to make a color chart for my Prismacolor markers and my Bic-Mark-its:
I tried to find charts like these online but I couldn’t but I stumbled upon this interesting blog that had converted some of the Bic mark it colors to Copic. I started with that info and my stash of markers to convert the Bic Mark its to Copic and Prismacolor markers. Some of the colors I agree with and some I found a better (IMHO) match by working with the actual markers side by side.
BicMarkIt_color chart (bic-mark its to copic/prismacolor conversion)
Just color over the color names with the broad end of your marker. Both of these charts are .pdf documents, just click on the link and print then color. You can print and color these charts and have them with you when you go shopping to help you make good marker choices (better than lugging around your markers!) and you will see the true colors of your markers instead or misleading cap colors! BTW these three brands of markers play nice together!
I spent many hours on this project so if you like it please send crafty friends here to download the charts. I think this is useful and worthwhile to do, by making the color charts with your own markers you will know exactly what you have for colors when working on projects and you can bring them to the store with you so you do not make duplicate purchases, and it is good nerdy fun!
Thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!
The Frugal Crafter Blog 
“good nerdy fun”- I love it! LOL!
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Wow! Thank you for doing all the work for us. I’m just about to buy my first copics for a class, and I wondered how I was going to keep them straight.
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As always, so nice of you to share…it’s such a great idea. For example, painters do the same for their paint library and even favorite blends, etc…
I just started my copic collection and feeling the fever rushing in…eek for my bank account!
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You’re awesome….. those are great!!!! Thank you.
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This is great! I started with Bic Mark-its and am slowly building a stash of Copics, and I hate to buy a Copic color that I already have in the Bic so thank you, thank you, thank you! I made my own little chart on a 5X7 index card, but this is WAY better to be able to compare them! Did I say thank you yet?!?
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I have been thinking of making the Copic plunge. I do own the 36 bic sets (both the ultra fine and fine). I was wondering if I could build a copic collection without duplicating the Bic ones. Thanks for doing this!
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you sure can Lucy! Where did you find trhe set of 36 ultra fine markers? I’ve never seen the big set in the ultras?
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Lindsay, if you are still looking for these they sell them on Amazon. Too bad they aren’t subscribe & save eligible like the fine point ones are. 🙂
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This is awesome – thank you for sharing.
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Thanks so much! I have some Bic’s, a couple of Prismacolors, and a set of Sharpies. I don’t know if the Sharpies will play well with the others, but now I can at least make a color chart.
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Thank you for the charts. I was needing one for my Bic Markers. It is greatly appreciated.
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Thank you so much for this Freebie. I want to let you know that I posted a link to your blog in CBH Digital Scrapbooking Freebies, under the Page 6 post on Feb. 22, 2010. Thanks again.
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You ROCK!!!!!
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Thank you so very much for all the extra work. It worked like a breeze!
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oh man! Thats very clever! 🙂
there is an art store down the block from my job, they tend to have very good sales on copic markers every now and then, i can almost hear them calling my name lol
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Tell the ladies they must have an up-to-date Adobe program to read & print the pdf files. Boy, did I pout when I discovered my new computer’s program was already out-of-date! =0(
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Thank very much for these charts. They will come in handy and it will make the colouring more excact.
I appreciate all the work you have done.
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These charts are super-useful! I really appreciate the comparison chart. 😀 Thank you very much for the resource.
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you are very welcome!
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thanks so much for your charts! I love them.
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Thank you so much! I’m really excited and want to go to the store tonight!
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Bless you! Bless you! Bless you!
I’ve scoured the cyber world for too long looking for a Prismacolor hand-color chart.
Thank you for making this a hap-hap-happy day. :>
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do you have one for Tombow?
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I don’t have a tombow chart, let me see if I can find one, hmm, I looked and did not see one, you might type out the colors you have and color a swatch next to each color.
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Awesome ! Thanks so much !
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THANK YOU! I have slowly been completing my collection of Bic Mark-It markers. I had to give them a try before purchasing the rest of the colors. I will definitely use your chart.
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Thank you so much for this! What a great chart! If I could make a small suggestion, though, it would be even more awesome if it were sorted by color family instead of alphabetically. I keep my Bics in their case by color (darkest to lightest). It makes it much easier to find what you’re looking for since the cap colors aren’t very accurate.
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hi, thx. the chart is great. i now use bic, i have the 36 pk, bought at walmart online. i had already made a color chart but they have those colorful names no color numbers. i have found that with marker paper, (im using canson marker pro lay-out) they work very well. i dont stamp so dont have the ink lines. i found that instead of buying lighter you can use the colorless blender, either first or to push away for highlights, and a colorless blender will take out those marker lines in larger areas, (no more having to go in both directions). i would rather spend the $ on papers because that is what determines the overall look when completed. i like smoother for markers and a bit of tooth for color pencils. vellum paper is nice for card crafters and i found that the heavy stock used for zentangle is also a good choice, try not to color over the ink lines. color on, lol. G
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